Heating system regulator



24, 1939. HERlNG HEATING SYSTEM REGULATOR Original Filed Jan. 25, 1938 ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 24, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HEATING SYSTEM REGULATOR Alfred Hering,

New York, N. Y.

1 Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in onepipesteamheatingsystems,asforinstancedisclosed in my copending patent application Serial No. 124,871 filed February 8, 1937.

The invention is particularly intended for a heating system of the type automatically fired and controlled by a thermostat (coal, oil, gas stoker) through a unit or attachment to be used with steam radiators either now in use or on new heating installations.

This unit can readily be installed without material changes of the heating systems and will eliminate all the undesirable features of a steam heating plant and effect all the advantages of hot water heating systems at low cost and high economy through a combination of steam and hot water heating.

Through the installation of this unit it will be possible to maintain heat in the radiators over a long period of time and only as much heat as is required to maintain a uniform and comfortable room temperature in relation to the outside temperature of each day. This will result also in a materially reduced fuel consumption and by equalizing the great difierences in temperature from fioor to the ceiling will eliminate air stratification.

Another object of my invention is to make available to the public a simple and inexpensive unit to accomplish the above mentioned results.

With these ends in view, I fill the inner sections of a sealed radiator with water to a line below the nipples of the top connections while a tube is running through the base of the radiator for introducing steam for sealing the inside sections of the radiator but permitting the circulation of steam through the base, the top and the two outside sections of the radiator.

These and other objects and advantages of my invention will become more fully known as the description thereof proceeds, and will then be specifically defined in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a sectional front elevation of a radiator equipped with an attachment or unit constructed according to my invention.

Fig. 2 is an end view of the radiator, partly in section on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

As illustrated, a radiator ID of the customary construction including a plurality of sections ll connected at the top by the customary nipples l2 has its inner sections filled with water l3. A steam pipe [4 controlled by the customary steam control valve I5, is introduced into the radiator body to transfer heat into the water contained therein in the amount and proportion necessary to maintain the required temperature in the rooms. A steam pipe length l6 extends through the radiator near its base and its threaded ends are located in the outer sections of the radiator and carry the nuts I l and I8 respectively while the usual air control valve is designated I9.

In use the steam pipe unit or attachment is introduced into the water container or radiator so as to transfer heat into the water contained in the radiator sections in the amount and proportion necessary to maintain the required temperature in the rooms by keeping the water container or radiator warm over a long period of time and to maintain the radiant heat and air motion necessary to eliminate or reduce to a minimum the difierence in temperature in a room from floor to ceiling resulting in the elimination of air stratification and greater general heating comfort and economy. In other Words, while a steam heated radiator will get hot or superheated very quickly, it will also cool off very quickly as soon as the supply of heat from the boiler stops during the off-period of firing when the temperature differences cause discomfort, due to the lack of radiant heat and the resulting lack of air motion. The means for controlling and allowing the escape of air are very simple and adequate for the purpose.

It will be understood that I have described and shown the preferred form of my invention only as an example of the many possible ways to practically construct the same, and that I may make such changes in the general arrangement of the device and in the construction of its minor details as come within the scope of the appended claim without departure from the spirit of my invention and the principles involved.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a sectional radiator unit having a base, a plurality of inner sections filled with water, a valve-controlled steam pipe introduced into the radiator body near its base and having its nut carrying outer ends ending in the outer, empty sections of the radiator, said steam pipe transferring heat into the water contained in the inner radiator sections in the amount necessary to maintain a required room temperature, and nipples connecting the top of the outer and inner radiator sections to provide with the same a steam circulation to maintain the radiant heat and air motion necessary to reduce to a minimum the differences in temperature in a room from floor to ceiling resulting in the elimination of air stratification and greater heating comfort and economy.

ALFRED HERING. 

